News stories tagged with "native-americans"

(02/03/10) Many villages in the North Country have a statue or a plaque memorializing men who fought in the Civil War. Some of those soldiers were very young, and some of them were Native American. Betsy Kepes reviews Joseph Bruchec's novel for young adults, March Toward the Thunder, A Native American Perspective on the Civil War.

(06/27/06) A coalition of anti-smoking groups and convenience store owners is urging Governor Pataki to sign a bill passed by the state legislature that would prevent the sale of untaxed cigarettes in New York. Karen DeWitt reports.

(02/16/06) New York's Tax Commissioner told a legislative budget hearing Wednesday that he would not be enforcing a new law to collect sales tax on some cigarettes sold on native-owned lands. Karen DeWitt reports.

(04/06/05) The State Tax Commissioner says the Pataki Administration will crack down on residents who buy tax-free cigarettes over the Internet on web sites run by Native American tribes. Karen DeWitt reports.

(02/02/05) Governor Pataki and the Akwesasne Mohawks yesterday formally signed an agreement to settle the 23 year-old Mohawk land claim in St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties. David Sommerstein has details.

(12/06/04) Tribal and First Nation governments from the Great Lakes region say they're being left out of negotiations to craft a sweeping new framework for regulating Great Lakes water. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Sarah Hulett reports.

(11/19/04) Governor Pataki announced a land claim settlement today with the Cayuga Nation of New York. The deal gives the tribe a Catskills casino and at least 2,500 acres in the Finger Lakes region.

(11/16/04) Governor Pataki has vetoed the bill that would have required his administration to collect state taxes on sales of tobacco and gasoline by native American vendors. David Sommerstein reports.

(02/11/04) The Commissioner of the State Tax Department says he's going to ask for another postponement of sales tax collections of cigarettes and gasoline on Native American lands. Karen DeWitt reports.

(12/02/03) Almost 40 years ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a dam in northwestern Pennsylvania. Hundreds of Senecas list their land, homes and traditions to the dam's reservoir. Now a new generation of Senecas is trying to preserve a way of life that was nearly inundated by this federal project. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Ann Murray has this story.